Hosea 14:9:13Hos.14.9.W13TABWLC Hosea 14:10

וּפֹשְׁעִ֖ים

ufosheim

but transgressors

Transliteration
u-fo-she-IM
Extended
oo-foh-sheh-EEM
IPA
/uːfoːʃəˈʕiːm/

Meaning by language

English
but transgressors

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Result
וּ + פֹ + שְׁ + עִ֖ים
u + fo + she + im
ufosheim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Pep with dagesh; f without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-fo-she-IM

  2. clause

    KI-ye-sha-RIM dar-KHE ye-ho-VAH ve-tsa-di-KIM yel-KHU VAM u-fo-she-IM yi-kka-she-LU BAM

  3. sentence

    MI kha-KHAM ve-ya-VEN E-le na-VON ve-ye-da-EM KI-ye-sha-RIM dar-KHE ye-ho-VAH ve-tsa-di-KIM yel-KHU VAM u-fo-she-IM yi-kka-she-LU BAM

Exegesis

Two parallel clauses then contrast outcomes: ve-tsaddikim yelekhu bam {וְצַדִּיקִ֖ים יֵלְכ֣וּ בָ֑ם | wə-ṣad-dî-qîm yēl-ḵū bām} portrays the righteous as successfully “walking” within those ways, while uposhe'im yikkashelu bam {וּפֹֽשְׁעִ֖ים יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ בָֽם | ū-pō-šə-ʿîm yi-kā-šə-lū bām} sets the transgressors in ironic reversal: the same “ways” become the arena of their stumbling.

Root and etymology

peh-shin-ayinpeh–shin–ayin

rebel, transgress

In contextHosea 14:9

Who is wise? Let him understand these things . Who is discerning? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are upright; and the righteous will walk in them, but transgressors will stumble in them.

About this coordinate

Hosea 14:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Hosea 14:9, so the Hebrew word וּפֹשְׁעִ֖ים (ufosheim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Hos.14.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.9.W13.S1) and character.